Paid | Blockchain Enterprise Platforms 2020

Adopting a new approach to strategy, leadership & culture to link the opportunity between blockchain & transformational innovation. A focus on the leadership & culture required to collaboration, both internally & externally, to co-create with competitors

Pandemics bring out the best and worst in humanity. With Covid-19 expected to infect most of the world, we will need to radically shift to working at home and trusting our digital systems as much as we now trust face to face. This will require better digital identity, greater speed and lower latency as well as the greater trust and immutable record that blockchains can provide. Lightman will summarise progress, predict the year ahead and offer policy and technology recommendations.

• Blockchain
• Sustainability
• Supply chain
• Increased transparency

• Giving power back to the people: Examples of blockchain enabling Self-Sovereign Identity 
• Examining the issues with traditional digital identity solutions 
• A demonstration of blockchain Social Networks already in action 
• Blockchain in the fight against fake news: Decentralised media for transparency & security 
• Taking baby steps in a long road to mass adoption 

The value that the blockchain can add to the FMCG industry has yet to be fully unlocked. Tracking financial transactions with blockchain can improve the growth of this industry sector. Provenance proven by blockchain can enable consumers the opportunity to regain trust in products, giving the brand a new competitive edge. The quicker FMCG companies tap into the capabilities of blockchain and start deploying, the faster they guarantee their market shares and growth in the Digital Ecosystem.

• Enterprise innovators give us a Step-by-Step guide to running a successful pilot 
• Discussing the careful execution of a PoC – examining the latest trials 
• Experts showcase their successful, & unsuccessful, blockchain pilots  
• Experienced innovators will explain how to determine if your experiment was a success 

It could be argued that blockchain is boring and useless. It is just one of many databases and is not yet very good or very fast or very scalable, however what it does, it does very well. Where authenticity is critical, blockchain will become transformative, which gets you to things like global clearance, the global supply chain, health care, and aerospace. How will we get there? We think it will take an open model to build out the protocols and will require ‘coopetition’ between and across industries, and around the world.

• How does the blockchain eco-system currently connect?
• Examples of true interoperability & how important is it for your business?
• Examination of an interconnected, enterprise, blockchain database
• How do we identify the appropriate platform?

How do we make the most of transformational change? Management of the transition is key to implementing a successful blockchain project. Here we will understand best practice on how to manage change, whilst pushing for your technology revolution. 

Consumers are demanding transparency into the products they buy.  Brands are struggling to efficiently manage operations, combat counterfeit and guarantee product quality to their customers without visibility across complex supply chains. All combined with payment solutions that are fast, inclusive and cost-effective.